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The docent tour is free and requires no advance reservation. Museum admission is separate, though the exhibition is included with general admission.
All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles
Leang Seckon builds collages from photographs, paint and recycled textiles; Sopheap Pich makes abstract sculptures from natural materials and discarded objects. A docent tour at the Asian Art Museum takes up their contrasting approaches in the exhibition Art from Contemporary Cambodia, which also addresses memory, history and environmental crisis.
Seckon’s collages draw on photographs, paint and reused textiles, while Pich’s tactile abstract sculptures combine natural matter with discarded things. The contrast offers a way to look closely at the exhibition without treating contemporary Cambodian art as one uniform style.
One named Pich work, Junk Nutrients (2009), combines bamboo, rattan, wire, plastic, rubber, metal, cloth and resin. That mix gives visitors a specific example to consider alongside the show’s interest in environmental crisis; the exhibition also connects the artists’ practices to personal memory and historical experience.
Further reading: Art from Contemporary Cambodia - Exhibitions - Asian Art Museum ↗
Both artists were born in the 1970s and lived through the Khmer Rouge genocide. The museum describes them as important figures in Cambodia’s artistic revival in the early 2000s. Their shared history gives the exhibition context, but their different methods make clear that it is not presenting a single artistic response.
The exhibition focuses on contemporary artists and their work rather than limiting its view of Cambodian art to the country’s ancient monuments. For a guided visit, that framing makes the tour an opportunity to consider both the artists’ choices of material and the historical circumstances the museum says inform the show.
Further reading: Art from Contemporary Cambodia - Exhibitions - Asian Art Museum ↗
The Monday tour is billed as a docent-led exploration of Art from Contemporary Cambodia. The listing does not specify a sequence of works or a tour length, so visitors hoping to see a particular piece may want to leave time to look through the gallery independently.
Meet at the Information Desk in South Court at the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco. The event listing does not give the tour’s end time.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗
The museum says no advance reservation is needed to join the docent tour. Separately, it encourages visitors to reserve timed museum admission tickets online in advance.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Tickets - Asian Art Museum ↗
Art from Contemporary Cambodia is included with general admission. The museum lists admission at $20 for adults, $17 for visitors ages 65 and up, and $14 for visitors ages 13–17 and college students with ID. Members and children age 12 and under are admitted free.
The museum lists Monday hours as 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Art from Contemporary Cambodia - Exhibitions - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Plan Your Visit - Asian Art Museum ↗
The tour meets at the Information Desk in South Court. The Asian Art Museum is at 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Plan Your Visit - Asian Art Museum ↗
The museum entrance is one block from Civic Center/UN Plaza BART Station. From the station, follow signs for the UN Plaza exit, continue past the Simón Bolívar statue, and cross Hyde Street onto Fulton Street. After one block, turn right on Larkin Street; the museum is on the right. The museum’s directions describe stairs, an elevator or an escalator at the station exit.
The museum lists Civic Center Garage at 355 McAllister Street and UC Law Parking Garage at 376 Larkin Street, both within one block. Museum members can validate a parking ticket at the Information Desk for reduced rates at the UC Law garage.
No advance reservation is needed for the tour. The museum separately encourages advance reservations for timed admission tickets.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Tickets - Asian Art Museum ↗
No. The tour is free, but museum admission is separate. Art from Contemporary Cambodia is included with general admission.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗ · Art from Contemporary Cambodia - Exhibitions - Asian Art Museum ↗
At the Information Desk in South Court at the Asian Art Museum.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗
The event listing does not state an end time or tour length.
Docent Tour, Spotlight on Cambodia (Monday) - Calendar - Asian Art Museum ↗
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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Event, planning and background information checked 2026-11-01 against the linked sources.